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62 - Tour around the southern air temple, Levi vs Raava, Settling scores,
🕑 Added 2024-09-29 15:58:33 +0000 UTCWalking up the stairs of the southern air trample Aang was jumping from one place to another not able to contain his excitement.
He kept pointing at random places and telling stories and funny moments that happened to him there.
“That's where my friends and I used to play air ball.” said Aang as he pointed to a clearing below where dozens of wooden poles were erected straight and with what looked like goals on two sides of them, Levi was surprised that it had managed to survive this long.
“I used to always win.” he said with a wide smile showing all his teeth as he sneaked glances at Katara, obviously trying to impress her.
Seeing her not moved, Aang looked a bit disappointed before he continued speaking, “And there is where the sky bisons used to sleep.” said Aang, his tone getting a little lower in the end as he sighed.
Noticing this Katara asked, “What's wrong!?”
“This place used to be full of monks, but now it's just so….empty.” said Aang in a tone filled with sadness and confusion.
Levi could feel that it wasn't long before Aang figured out what had happened and entered the avatar state, and he had the vague feeling that by then he wouldn't calm down as easily as in the show, Ravva might make use of that chance when Aang wasn't totally in control to try and end him.
“So this airball game, how do you play it?” said Sokka as he noticed Aang’s mood and tried to make him forget
Hearing the question Aang’s sad mood disappeared entirely making the others think that it was just an illusion as he started excitedly talking about air ball while dragging Sokka away.
***
On top of the wooden pools stood Sokka and Aang with other wooden poles around them and a square gate behind each of them obviously used as a goal.
It had been 4 games already with Sokka unsurprisingly losing all of them, as the name might suggest, air ball relied heavily on air bending so no one was surprised when Sokka lost.
With one finally spinning of the ball above Aang’s hand using air bending, he launched it at Sokka too fast for him to react as it hit him on the chest, sending him flying back and crashing into the snow on the ground.
“If I knew trying to cheer him up would've been this painful I would have let him sink into depressi….” said Sokka as he lifted his head from beneath the snow before abruptly stopping mid-sentence.
Curious Levi and Katara turned to look and their expressions became heavy because of what they saw.
A Fire Nation hamlet along with a skull just lying there on the ground, its owner obviously having been decapitated, most likely by a concentrated air blade.
Before Aang could jump down from the air ball wooden poles Levi waved his hand making the snow above fall on it and cover it, almost covering Sokka in advance if he didn't dodge fast enough.
Seeing this now would just sour the group’s mood with no guarantee that it would trigger Aang’s avatar state, and Levi even though he didn't admit it to anyone, was itching to fight Aang like that.
Seeing that Aang was already near them the group chose not to comment on what Levi did as they kept going higher up the mountain.
Soon they reached an open square with what seemed to be a fountain covered in snow and a stone statue of an airbender monk in the distance.
Seeing this statue Aang’s expression beamed as he ran towards it, “Hey guys I want you to meet someone.” said Aang as he pointed at the statue.
“And who's that.” asked Sokka.
“Monk Gyatso, he taught me everything I know.” said Aang as he bowed towards the statue with a respectful expression.
Even if someone who didn't know what was going on saw this scene by accident they would be able to tell that Anng held immense respect for Monk Gyatso.
After that just like in the show they visited the air trample sanctuary with Aang opening the gate to it using air bending.
Inside they found hundreds of statues representing the past avatars, and before long just like in the show a winged lemur who Aang would later name Momo intruded on them as Sokka and Aang ran after it.
‘This is it.’ thought Levi bracing himself as he ran after Aang, Sokka not able to catch up to them.
He remembered this scene from the show, this is where Aang would find the corpse of monk Gyatso and enter the avatar state in a fit of rage.
It was perfect for him, Sokka and Katara were already far behind them and it would take them a while to catch on, he could settle his score with Raava at that time, that is if she had enough guts to attack him.
Jumping down from a balcony Levi used fire bending on the soles of his feet and palms to slow down his fall before landing as he followed Aang into what appeared to be a wooden structure covered in rags.
Inside the skeleton of an Airbender monk lay there with dozens of Fire Nation skeletons scattered all around.
‘Damn.’ That was all that came to Levi’s mind as he saw this sight, no wonder that he was the one who taught the avatar, from what he could see Monk Gyatso had taken down at least two dozen Fire Nation soldiers before they got to him.
Curious about something Levi used observation on him.
[Ding
Name: Monk Gyatso
Status: Dead.
Description: A master Airbender and part of the white lotus, died defending his home at the southern air temple, his soul is resting in peace in the spirit realm]
‘Yep that's what I thought.’ thought Levi as he read the description, he had suspected him to be a member of the white lotus when he had seen the carnage in front of him at first and it was confirmed using observation, it seemed that every member of the white lotus was a formidable force of their own.
Aang was kneeling on all fours in front of the skeleton of monk Gyatso, Levi could hear his soft sobbing before it abruptly stopped.
Aang’s eyes and tattoos started shining in white light, seeing that Levi started to stretch behind him.
Although soon the relaxed expression on his face turned serious, the energy he was feeling was unlike anything he had ever felt, even when Aang had entered the avatar state against Zuko it hadn't been like this, and even Vaatu didn't have such intense energy.
It didn't take Levi long to figure out why, unlike Vaatu, aside from Ravva’s own energy there was the energy of at least a hundred other avatars in the mix.
***
Inside the air temple sanctuary where Katara was still observing the statues of past Avatars, she was suddenly caught off guard as the eyes of the statues started lightening up one by one.
“Aang!!.” Katara immediately realized what was going on as she turned around and ran out of the sanctuary.
All around the world, similar scenes were unfolding, every place that had a connection to a past avatar shone in white light, whether it was their past homes, their temples or places that had symbolic connections to them, there was no exception.
At that moment the four nations and the entire world knew the Avatar had returned.
***
With an angry look on his face Aang turned towards Levi with a look that would make most people shit their pants, but Levi wasn't fazed.
“So, why do you hate me so much, Ravva? I don't recall us ever having a problem with each other before you sent me to my death” asked Levi in a calm tone as he started circling around Aang, but anyone who knew him would see the deep rage hidden beneath.
If he had not summoned Tobirama before Raava had banished him he might still be stuck in the spirit realm with no way out and his family might even be dead.
“I do not hate you Levi of the southern water tribe, but you're an anomaly.” said Aang but the voice was a mix of both that of a woman and a lot of other voices together, but the woman’s voice was the dominant one, nonetheless It would have sent a chill down anyone's spine.
“You shouldn't exist, your mere existence in this world is wrong, you're a sickness to this world that needs to be purged.” said Raava.
“Well that's a bit rude.” commented Levi while holding his heart, faking being hurt by her words.
“Joke as much as you want for this will be your last day, today I will cure the world of your sickness.”
‘Why the FUCK, are we still listening to her? let's jump this bitch.’ Acnologia’s angry and annoyed voice filled Levi’s head almost making him trip as he circled around Aang/Ravva, he had been so focused on Raava that he had forgotten about his companion for a moment.
But it seemed Ravva had noticed his absent-mindedness as she launched a fierce wind blast that knocked him out off his feet and shattered the feeble structure they were inside, sending him flying out of it.
“LEVIIII.” screamed Katara who was outside beside Sokka as she saw Levi sent flying and falling down the mountain.
Looking back they saw Aang with tattoos and eyes glowing white standing in the middle of Fire Nation skeletons with one airbender skeleton lying there, they immediately understood what had happened.
Before they could do anything an orange glow came from where Levi had fallen as Levi rose into the air with fire at the soles of his feet propelling him up as he stared down at Aang.
Levi looked at Sokka and Katara for a second before looking towards Aang and turning around flying the other direction.
Jumping high up Aang flew after him inside an air ball as they disappeared in the distance.
“What should we do now?” asked Sokka with a slight hint of panic.
“We can't do anything even if we want to, we can just wait.” said Katara as she clenched her hands tightly, her fingernails almost digging into her palms.
***
Flying away from Sokka and Katara to avoid implicating them Levi was glad to see that again was following him.
For now though, he was contemplating how much he should show, there was no way he would show his full strength but he also needed to teach Raava a lesson.
Behind him Aang was the exact spitting image of when he had fought fire lord Ozai, An invisible air bubble was surrounding him which was visible due to the intensity of the wind going around Aang, the other three elements were also spinning around him in circles making for an impressive sight.
Taking a deep breath Levi extracted water from the atmosphere before freezing it into sharp ice blades and shooting it at incredible speeds towards Aang, but just as he had expected his ice blades shattered like paper when they met the elemental shield.
Aang was unfazed as he continued flying towards Levi weaving through the mountains, and launching rocks at him that Levi destroyed using Fire bending.
This was the advantage of Fire bending above all other elements, the bender could generate their own element, the only thing that comes close to it is air bending with air being present everywhere.
Extracting water from the atmosphere again Levi turned it into ice blades before reinforcing it with ethereal force and launching it towards Aang.
Seeing him use the same attack again, Aang or more precisely Ravva smirked in glee, Levi’s action proved that he was at his wit's end, it proved that he was “desperate”.
But that slight smirk soon turned into shock as the ice blades cut through the elemental barrier like a hot knife through butter.
Taking a deep breath in Aang quickly breathed out a torrent of fire that flung the blades aside, not even managing to melt them fully.
It was Levi’s turn to smirk this time as he saw the droplets of sweat on Aang’s forehead.
If he had managed to kill Aang just now while he was in the avatar state the avatar cycle would have been over, there would never be another avatar again.
Levi stopped running and floated in the air using Fire bending on the soles of his feet and keeping some distance away from Aang, he could float freely using the red dragon’s power but there was no need to reveal that, “This should be far enough, so how about we fight seriously now.” said Levi smirking slightly.
“What was that just now?” asked Ravva again with multiple voices speaking at the same time, although Levi still managed to detect the hint of weariness and even fear coming from her.
“Oh, that? It was something I picked up in the spirit realm, you know, the place you banished me to years ago.” said Levi, making sure to drive the point that she made him even stronger by sending him into the spirit realm years ago, psychological attacks were often just as effective as physical ones.
And it seemed to work as Levi noticed subtle shifts in Aang’s expression.
Rocks were separated from the mountains and cliffs surrounding them as they rushed towards Levi at insane speeds.
In turn Levi only smiled as he reinforced every part of his body with ethereal force letting the rocks hit him without a care in the world.
And it was all worth it as he saw the shocked look on “Aang’s” face.
He is going to enjoy this.
